Table 4.
Correlation between three-dimensional coefficients and volume of the spleen; calculated splenomegaly cut-offs and their effectiveness in detection of volumetric splenomegaly; in bold—best correlation and in italics—splenic index
| Multiplied dimensions | Pearson linear correlation | Splenomegaly cut-off (cm) |
χ
2
p value |
Sensitivity (%) | Specificity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension 1 | Dimension 2 | Dimension 3 | p value | r | ||||
| Maximal length | Maximal height | Maximal thickness | p < 0.05 | 0.926 | 840 | p < 0.05 | 82.9 | 93.0 |
| Maximal length | Maximal height | Hilum thickness | 0.940 | 557 | 68.6 | 94.8 | ||
| Maximal length | Vertical height | Maximal thickness | 0.946 | 739 | 82.9 | 96.1 | ||
| 740 | 80.0 | 96.5 | ||||||
| Maximal length | Vertical height | Hilum thickness | 0.956 | 490 | 82.9 | 95.6 | ||
| 492 | 82.9 | 95.6 | ||||||
| 500 | 77.1 | 96.5 | ||||||
| Maximal length | Estimated height | Maximal thickness | 0.846 | 1010 | 62.9 | 93.9 | ||
| Maximal length | Estimated height | Hilum thickness | 0.873 | 660 | 62.9 | 94.3 | ||